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The 2010 Affordable Care Act encouraged states to expand Medicaid programs to cover more low-income Americans who didn’t get health insurance through their jobs. ... Nearly a quarter of the 81 ...
Several states have trigger laws where if federal funding drops, so would Medicaid expansion. NC 1 of 9 states that could halt Medicaid expansion if Trump cuts funding Skip to main content
Supporters of Medicaid in Montana claim that the “data” show the program is working well and is a benefit to the state. Unfortunately, there are some real problems with the entitlement.
But a crucial Supreme Court ruling in 2012 granted states the power to reject the Medicaid expansion, entrenching a two-tiered health care system in America, where the uninsured rate remains disproportionately high in mainly Republican-led Southern and Southwestern states.
Sebelius that states do not have to agree to this expansion to continue to receive previously established levels of Medicaid funding, and 19 Republican-controlled states have chosen to continue with pre-ACA funding levels and eligibility standards. Expanding Medicaid in these 19 states would expand coverage for up to four million people. The ...
A 2009 Harvard study published in the American Journal of Public Health found more than 44,800 excess deaths annually in the United States due to Americans lacking health insurance. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] More broadly, estimates of the total number of people in the United States, whether insured or uninsured, who die because of lack of medical care were ...
The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, would have to issue a waiver to allow an expansion plan with a work requirement — something the Biden administration hasn’t done ...
For states that do expand Medicaid, the law provides that the federal government will pay for 100% of the expansion for the first three years, then gradually reduce its subsidy to 90% by 2020. [90] [91] As of August 2016, 31 states and the District of Columbia have expanded Medicaid. [76] (See: State rejections of Medicaid expansion).